Fentimans Curiosity Cola

[4] Curiosity Cola is made using the following ingredients: carbonated water, fermented ginger root extract (water, glucose syrup, ginger root, pear juice concentrate, yeast), sugar, flavourings, colour: caramel (E150d), phosphoric acid (E338), caffeine.

Thomas Fentiman's original recipe involved milling ginger roots before putting them into copper steam-jacketed pans and leaving them to simmer to release their flavour.

Herbs, natural flavourings, sugar, brewer's yeast and spring water were then added, and the liquid was transferred into wooden vats where it was left to ferment.

The liquid went on fermenting after it was bottled and corked in stone jars where it would fully mature and be ready to drink by the end of the week.

[6] 100 g of Curiosity Cola contains 140 kilojoules (34 kilocalories) energy, less than 1 gram of protein, 7.8 g total carbohydrate, of which 7.8 g are sugars.